Regent College is showcasing the work of Pilar Mehlis in her exhibit "I Belong Here..." This extraordinary artists work is not to be missed.
I Belong Here…
By Pilar Mehlis
Pilar Mehlis explores the
transformative effect of immigration on an individual by juxtaposing elements
of natural and human migrations. Through the Antrofish figure her work
metaphorically illustrates the many aspects of the immigration experience. Immigration
is a transformative experience: it takes the original person and “dresses” them
in new cultures, languages, sensations, ideas and attitudes. This transformation creates a hybrid that
often belongs to two places and cultures at once and yet not wholly to either.
There is a collision between innocence and new experiences involved in such
transitions. Her work explores these frictions and the ideas of identity,
sense of place, transformation and cultural hybridization with particular
emphasis on her own transformative experience from being culturally Bolivian to
becoming Canadian and how, through cultural narratives, those two identities
are embodied within her.
Pilar
was born in Manhattan, but grew up in La Paz, Bolivia until, at the age of
twelve, her family moved to Whitehorse, Yukon.
She obtained her BFA double majoring in Visual Arts and History of Art
from the University of Victoria, then pursued further studies at the former Art
Academy of Vancouver, Langara and at the Gage Academy of Art in Seattle.
Regent
College is an evangelical, international graduate school of theology affiliated
with the University of British Columbia.
WHEN
May 11- June 23, 2016
Opening reception: Wednesday, May 11, 4:30 - 7:30 pm
Gallery hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, Sat 12 pm - 4 pm
WHERE
Lookout Gallery, Regent College
5800 University Blvd., Vancouver, BCMORE INFO
Tel. 604.224.2345
Website: www.lookoutgallery.ca
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